PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Serge Spectre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksander Kawulski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spectre comes into the arena with For Heavy Metal we will die! blaring out of the sound system. Kawulski is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: DMX - Slippin'. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Spectre
vs
Kawulski

185 cm
33
175 lbs
26 - 10 - 0

181 cm
29
180 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

King of Clothes
Aspire Clothing

FORCEE
House of Valor

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Serge Spectre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aleksander Kawulski!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kawulski tries to land a leg kick but Spectre saw it coming and moves away.
Spectre throws a poor cross that misses
and Kawulski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Spectre ducks under a wild hook from Kawulski.
Spectre goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Serge Spectre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decent striking displayed by Spectre there.
Kawulski scores with a shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Spectre.
Spectre throws an off balance right hand
and Kawulski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice uppercut lands for Kawulski. That snapped Spectre's head back.

Kawulski lands a left and a right that sends Spectre crashing to the canvas! Kawulski dives into mount looking to finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kawulski controlling from the full mount.
Kawulski working the ground and pound effectively.
Kawulski lands a heavy elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawulski scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Spectre?
Spectre is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Spectre bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Spectre trying to control the position from guard on top but Kawulski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Spectre connects with a couple of short punches.
Spectre postures up and lands a big shot to Kawulski's brow.
Kawulski looking to hit a scissor sweep but Spectre is one step ahead there.
Spectre wants to control from the top but Kawulski keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kawulski looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Spectre passes into side control.
Spectre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kawulski keeps working.
The ground and pound from Spectre seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Spectre tries to score with some ground and pound. Kawulski controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Spectre seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Kawulski tries to bench press Spectre off him but Spectre keeps the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kawulski pushes Spectre away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Spectre gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Spectre sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Kawulski is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Spectre trying to control the action but Kawulski is working from the bottom.
Kawulski takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Kawulski defending against the ground and pound.
Spectre looks up at the clock and then as Kawulski takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Spectre smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spectre is trying to ground and pound but Kawulski uses the momentary lack of control by Spectre to regain half guard.
Spectre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Spectre throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Spectre thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Spectre has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Spectre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kawulski keeps working.
Spectre lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Kawulski moves into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aleksander Kawulski dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A big left from Kawulski misses.
Spectre throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Spectre looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kawulski throws a jab when Spectre was well out of range.
Spectre throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kawulski on the side of the head.
Spectre lands the left hand.
Kawulski throws a body shot but no joy.
Spectre throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kawulski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Spectre.
Spectre clobbers Kawulski with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Spectre scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kawulski takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kawulski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Spectre.
Kawulski moves out of range of the leg kick from Spectre.
Jab from Spectre.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Spectre missing with a left hand there. Kawulski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Spectre misses with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spectre connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Spectre throws a hook to the side of Kawulski's head but Kawulski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Spectre lands an overhand right.
Kawulski misses the jab.
Kawulski lands a jab to Spectre's midsection.
Kawulski works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Spectre misses the jab.
Kawulski fails to land with a series of punches.
Spectre pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Spectre lands a body shot.
Spectre is looking to slow Kawulski down with leg kicks.
Kawulski blocks a jab.
Spectre loads up on a big right hand but Kawulski slips the punch.
Spectre connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spectre misses with a left hand
and Kawulski counters with a nice uppercut.
Serge Spectre is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spectre takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Spectre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kawulski.
Spectre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Spectre throws a body shot but no joy.
Spectre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kawulski.
A big right from Kawulski misses.
Spectre slips under a jab from Kawulski.

Spectre closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Kawulski's guard.
Kawulski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Spectre.
Kawulski wants to hit a switch here but Spectre passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Kawulski there!
Kawulski takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spectre lands a nice shot to the head.
Kawulski regains half guard.
Spectre working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Spectre seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Spectre looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kawulski with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Kawulski looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Spectre is looking to advance position but Kawulski won't allow it.
Kawulski trying to hold on to Spectre's head to control him but Spectre postures up.
Spectre throwing shots but Kawulski is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kawulski looking for submissions off his back.
Spectre slips a nice elbow through Kawulski's hands, connecting with Kawulski's forehead.
Spectre is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Spectre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Spectre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Spectre is thwarting Kawulski's attempts to control the position.
Kawulski has hold of Spectre's hands but Spectre slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Serge Spectre dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Kawulski pivots, looking for a leg kick but Spectre is out of range and Kawulski settles back down.
Spectre misses with a straight right.
Kawulski looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kawulski scores with a hook to the body. Spectre takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Spectre looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kawulski misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kawulski. Spectre does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kawulski throws a hook but Spectre avoids it easily.
Spectre connects with the punch.
Kawulski takes a swing at Spectre's ribcage but misses.
Spectre dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kawulski. That did some damage!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spectre throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kawulski misses with a jab to the body
letting Spectre counter with a right hand.
Spectre looks to land a right hand but Kawulski moved out of range.
Spectre's corner calls for a 1-2. Spectre obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kawulski misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spectre throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kawulski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Spectre misses with an uppercut. Kawulski saw that one coming.
Spectre throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Aleksander Kawulski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Spectre throws a leg kick which misses Kawulski's front leg but catches the back leg as Kawulski tries to avoid it.
Kawulski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spectre.
Kawulski moves out of range of the strikes.
Kawulski throws out a counter right but Spectre avoids it with no problem.
Spectre fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kawulski.
Spectre staying out of range there.
Spectre appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kawulski stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Spectre.
Spectre is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kawulski can do to turn this around?
Spectre throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Kawulski takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kawulski slips under a jab from Spectre.
Kawulski looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Both fighters circling a little - Spectre finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kawulski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spectre moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spectre stuns Kawulski with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kawulski catches Spectre with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kawulski throws an overhand right that lands on Spectre's shoulder, as Spectre tries to avoid the shot.
Kawulski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spectre moves away.
Spectre throws a poor cross that misses
and Kawulski counters with a nice uppercut.
Kawulski cracks Spectre with a right hand to the side of the head.
Spectre throws a lazy uppercut
and Kawulski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Spectre.
Spectre uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kawulski.
Kawulski's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kawulski connects with a good right hand that stumbles Spectre. Spectre circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Spectre lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kawulski's sensitive parts.
Spectre throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kawulski looks to land a left hand but Spectre moved out of range nicely.
Spectre throws a leg kick that misses.
Spectre takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Spectre.
Kawulski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Spectre.
Spectre lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice defenses there by Spectre.

Spectre throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Kawulski was covering up waiting for the punch and Spectre finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Spectre lands a couple of elbows.
Spectre trying to control but Kawulski is working from the bottom.
Kawulski pulls Spectre in close to his closed guard and prevents Spectre from doing any damage or advancing position.
Spectre trying to control but Kawulski is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spectre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kawulski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Spectre trying to control the position from guard on top but Kawulski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Spectre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Spectre with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kawulski bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Spectre's guard.

Spectre escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kawulski gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Spectre is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kawulski is aware though and is defending well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Serge Spectre showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Spectre has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Serge Spectre!
A very excited looking Serge Spectre rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.